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GRAIN BINDER.

No. 295,970.'l Patented A'pr. 1, 1884.

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Patented Apr. l, 1884.

WITNESSBS ATTORNEY v STATES PATENT Erica JOHN E. ArrLEEY, OEMINNEArOLIs, MINNESOTA, ASs'Ic-NoI-i, EY DInEoT AND MESNE AssIeNMENTS, To THE MINNEAPOLIS HAnvESTE'E wenns, OE MINNESOTA, AND JAMES E. GORDON, OE EocHEsTEn, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of LettersPatent No. 295,9'70fclated April 1, 1.884. Application med August 1Q, Issa. (Model.)

To LZ wtO/t .it may concern: Be 1t known that I, JOHN F. APPLEBY, of

y y Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and `useful Improvements in Grain-Binders; and I do hereby declare that Ithe following is a frh-clear, and exact description thereof, reil erence being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this application.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements most applicable to that type of grain-binding machines in which there isa sort of gavel-receptacle adapted to receive the cut grain discharged from the upper end of the elevator of a harvester, and in which the grain which is received into said gavel-receptac-lc, is automatically packed into gavel form, is bound into sheaves by a binder mechanism proper, which operates periodically, and is discharged, when bound, from the lower end of said receptacle, although some of the fea` tures of my said invention may be used with more or less advantage in grain-binding ma-` this end and object my invention consists in the novel feature of construction and operation of the knotting device, hereinafter to be more fully described, and which will be foundV more particularly pointed ont and specified in the cla-im of this application.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand and practice the same, I will now proceed to more fully explain it by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which I have illustrated the` several features of my said invention carried out in a form inwhich I have successfully practiced it in a working machine, and which manner of carrying out my invention is the `best now knowntome, though practice and y experience may indicate, either to me or to others, some better way oi' carrying the saine into practical operation.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of so much as seems necessary to be shown of a grain-binder embracing the several features of my said invention. Fig. 2is atop view of the same, looking at the mechanism at right angles to the inclined plate K in the direction indicated by the arrow at Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section at the line x x of Figs. I and 2, with the parts viewed in the direction indicated bythe arrows z2 z? in said figures. Fig. 4: is a similar sectional view, but showing the knotter raised up and 'to its highest position. Fig. is another similar view, but with `the knotter depressed to its lowermost position.

Fig. Gis an. elevation showing the opposite side to that exhibited at Fig. l, and showing only the cam-and-rack wheel, the pinion which engages therewith, and the sheaidischarging arms. Fig. 7 is a partial vertical section at the line y y of Fig. 2; Fig. Sis asimilar view, but with the vibratory knotter-frame and `its attachments in a different position, and with the position vof the'ca-m that lifts said frame changed. Fig. 9 is a detail face view of the cam-and-rack wheel detached. Fig. 10-is a detail view to illustrate in top view the cordholder or clamp, (the parts being in the relative-position they occupy when the cord is clamped by the holder.) Fig. 1l is a detail sectional view at the line y y of Fig. l0, but showing the slide of the cord-holder drawn back as it would be at the time ofthe releasement of the cord.

In the several gures the saine part, wherever illustrated, will be found designated by the same reference-letter. y

A is the driving-shaft, from which are derived the motions of all the parts ofthe binder, except those of the needle-arm, the packers, and the compressor7 which acts in opposition to theneedle-arm, (if there be one.) Said shaft is mounted in the frame of the binder in about the usual manner seen in whatis known in the market as an Appleby77 binder; and it carries the cam-and-rack wheel B, also a cam-wheel, C, which operates the upper cordpusher, thelower pusher,.the cord-knife, and

the slide of the cord-holder, (all as will be presently more fully explained,) and also a cam, D, which operates to lift the knetter-frame E, in a manner to be presently explained.

The knetter-frame E is hung at its bifurcated end on a counter-shaft, F, on which it swings axially of said shaft to a given extent, for the purpose of the elevation and depression (as occasion may require) of the knetter G, the lifting of the knetter and of said frame being effected by the cam D, and the extent to which said frame can be thrown up being restricted by a step, H. The shaft F is mounted to turn freely in the bearing-boxes at a a in the casting or metallic stand b of the binder, and while it serves as the pintle about which the frame E vibrat'es it acts also to drive, through the medium of beveled gears c and d, the shaft or spindle e of the knetter. Motion is imparted to the shaft F, for the purpose just mentioned, by a spur-pinion, I, which periodically engages with and is once rotated by the teeth J ofthe cam-and-rack wheel. This spurpinien I is formed or provided with three lateral projections or lug-like devices, f, g, and It, the rst and third of which acting together, serve to held the pinion from turning while the wheel B is making a certain part of its revolution, while the one lettered g is for the purpose of turning the shaft e back a quarterturn by the action of a cam-like proj ectien, t', of wheel B, and the one lettered h acts by itself as a stop te the return movement of said knetter-shaft c, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

K is the metallic plate located above and ferming, so to speak, the usual top or roof-like portion of the gavel-receptacle. This plate K is slotted or cut out at j for the passage through it of the forward portion or end of the needlearm, and has the slotted part j formed so that the cord will be properly guided as the needlearm lays it over the knetter, and se that the upper fold er portion of the cord for the sheafband will lie immediately beneath the horizontal shoulder portionjl of said cut-out portion.

L is the upper and M the lower cord-pusher, while N is the cord-knife. All three of these devices are formed en or secured to carriage O, which slides in suitable guide-ways, 7c lc, on the plate K, and which is moved back and forth by one end of a lever, P, which at its opposite end is pivoted to an arm, Z, of the frame Z1, the saidlever I? being vibrated at the proper time and to the requisite extent by the action of cam O on an anti-friction rellerpivoted to lever P at the point m.

On the cam-wheel C is a cam-like lug portion, a, which strikes at the proper time against the roller o, for the purpose of forcing back (to open the cord-holder) the sliding bar Q. This bar Q is moved and held in the opposite direction (to keep the cord-holder closed) by a strong spiral spring, q, and its operative end is made rounding, as shown, so as to coact, in a mannerte be presently explained, with a stationary recessed piece, R, for the purpose of holdingfast on er clamping the cord. This piece R is formed with a small horn, r, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The knetter is very analogous to the-kind used in the well-known Appleby binder, and is composed of a bill-like device, s, having combined with it a swinging jaw-piece, t, the heel u of which is acted on by a streng springplate, '0. A. little way below the bill of the knetter is acord-rest, fw, the operation of which will be presently explained.

In the operation of my improved machine the parts shown in the drawings work separately and together, as I will now explain. Supposing the knetter to be elevated to that position where it must be when the roller m2 of the swinging frame E is resting on the circular part of the periphery .of cam D, and supposing, also, the banding-cord is held fast between the slide Q and stationary jaw R of the cord-holder, the gavel is formed in the loop of the cord about as usual, and when the binder devices proper start into operation,

the needle-arm carries the second feldef the cord over and around the gavel (about as usual) and lays it over the bill and jaw of the knotter, (these two parts being closed together at this time and the knetter in a horizontal position,) carrying said fold of the cord down below and placing it alongside of the slide Q of the cord-holder, The shape of the slot in plate K is such as to insure the guidance of this second fold of the cord, so that it will be properly laid over the knetter along` with the first fol d, (that comes from the cord-holder upward, thence over the knetter, and thence downward under the gavel.) The second fold ef the cord is guided to a position such that, after leaving the knetter, it passes obliquely upward and beneath the ledge at jg of plate K.

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The next operations new are by the knetter and the carriage O, the former of which is lifted to its highest position, while at the same time the upper and lower pushers, L and M, of said carriage operate, the former to push the upper part of the second feld of the cord well along beneath the ledge j?, land the latter to push the lower part of said fold of the cord along to a position near the end of slide Q and between-it and the horn 1'. By these operations the holding down of the upper fold of the cord at a short distance from the knetter is insured, and the direction in which this fold of the cord runs off from the top of the knetter is se changed (by the elerioV vation of the knetter bodily) that when the l cord-holder.` i Of course, when the knotter as- Fcends, asrsteirplainech to the highest posil ltion, itsbill and jaw slide against both folds ofl the cordl that lie over the knotter, (one of `which folds is held` down to the cord-holder `lover the other by the needlefcye,) and when the knotter descends it rotates at the same timeon the axis of shaft e, to do the tying up loffthe knot.\` The descentof the knotter is caused by the pull thereon, or, in other words,

, 1by the winding up on` the knotter of the two `folds of the cord, together with the gravity of the-knotter-frame, Ste.; butthis descentis regulated and timedby the shape of a portion of the periphery of cam D. Inasmuch as the de-` scent of the knotter andthe tyingupof the cord occur while the needle-armis about fiuishing `its forward stroke, `it follows that the final compression of the gavel between the needle-arm and the opposing compressor will occur just at the right time to prevent any undue strain on the cord while being tied up close around the bundle by the action of the knotter, and this timing, so to speak, of the operations of the Acompressing and tying de-v i Vices is important. In forming theknot during the descent of the knotter (as just exy plained) thebill portion or head s andthe jaw i t operatetogcther about in the manner these 4parts work in the knotter of what is well known y y in the market as the Appleby binder; but

to avoid any slipping off of the lower fold of l i w, isadded, which acts to hold up and on the y the cord during that part of the knotters revolution where the bill and jaw are in nearly or quite a vertical position, a retaining device,

knotter the lower fold of the cord. rllhis retainer w, extending, as it does, from the piece i carrying the spring c, is temporarily locked 4o fast to the bill and jaw of the knotter at the time the latter completes the tying operation, so that, during a quarterturn backward of the knotter, (to permit the drawing off of the knot,) this retaining device is obliged to turn `down into a vertical position, and hence does not at such time interfere with the pulling off of the knotted cord. The retaining de- .vice w is made quite thin, and is placed close y, upto thehead of the knotter, and as no `stripping device is required, it will be seenthat the head of the knotter can work close up to the plate K, and consequentlyclose up to the bundle of grain. The great advantage, of

` course,` of this is that theknot can be tied so close to the grain that no 4slack in the band `will be left for the `grain of the sheaf to exy (affected by the engagement of the teeth J of y the cam-and-rack wheel with the pinion 1,)

the knotter is turned backwardly a quarterl revolution, so as to have its bill point down- 1 y ward, (theretainerw being turned with it.) In

this position, it will be observed, the tied knot can easily be pulled off of the bill by the discharge of the sheaf, which is swept out by `the sheave-discharging arms U U; but to `ek- `the bound bundle out of the gavel-receptacle.

The lifting of the knotter assists the extrication `of the knot in two ways, viz: first, by pulling in opposition to the pull of the outgoing sheaf; and, second, by reason ofthe bill and jaw (as they are swung up in the arc of a circle) getting more in line with the downpulling, doubly-folded cord, which latter descends past the root or bottom of the slot or cut-out of plate K. The backward movement of the knotter is positively assured by the action of a lng or tappet, il, of the rack-wheel B coming against the4 projectionh of pinion I, and causing aquarter-turn of the latter, though in some cases, with the knotter niade a little differently, this back movement of the latter might be affected wholly by the pullof the outgoing sheaf. Of course, the first fold of the cord will have been released and the second foldof the cord (held in the cordholder) will have been cut during the fore part of the ascending movement of the knoti ter. As the cord-holder lets go of the iirst fold of the cord, the latter is pulled up out of the way, and, in vreclosing, the cord-holder clamps only the second fold, (above the needleeye,) which second fold, having been `pushed to the right place by pusher M, naturally draws into the bite of the cord-holder. At this time the knife N is forced hard against the second fold of the cord, and then, as the knotter ascends, the actionof the knife during its further movement is facilitated by the rise of the knotter.' The backward quarterturn of the knotter occurs, it will be understood, immediately after the releasement of the first fold, the clamping of the second, and the cutting of the latter, (which three operations oceur in rapid succession.) As the knotter in rising to assist the extrication of the knot goes on and up to its highest elevation, it follows that the escape of Vthe bound bundle is facilitatcdby` the knotterpulling the tied ends of the cord away from the bottom of the slot in plate K. The knotter now partially descends to its first-mentioned position, the shoulder at bZ of the wheel B coming against the lug g of pinion I, and turning the shaft e so as to place the bill (and closed jaw) of the knotter in a horizontal position, ready totie another bundle.

It will be seen that the cord-holder is formed of the clamping end of slide Q and the recessed device R, and that these parts, where they come together7 are designed to be shaped to match perfectly together, and are semicircular. By this construction a strong bite is obtained, the cord being pressed tighter at the impinging ends of the semicircles or arcs than IOO IIO

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at the point where the middle portions-of the arcs come against the cord. Every time the point of the needle ascends it lays the cord running from the bite of the cord-holder bepush the latter fold up near to the point where the slide Q and piece R come together, from whence said cord-fold will naturally be drawn into the bite of the cord-holder when the latter opens to let out the fold already held in it.

The functions of the horn i" are these: First, it helps to hold fast the clamped cord, since the latter takes a partial turn around it as it passes from,the cord-holder beneath and upl past the side of said horn; second, it prevents any entanglement of the outgoing and incoming folds of the cord, since one fold passes down from the cord-holder, and thence up outside of the horn, while the other fold is pushed in a vertical condition past the lower crooked end of the iirst.named fold; and, third, it insures the clearing of the released first fold of the cord from the cord-holder when the latter is closing on the second fold, because at this time the first foldbeing pulled upward, the lower crooked ,end is forced by the horn to come away from the cord-holder, instead of possibly dangling in a pendent position over the cord-holder, where its lower end might be caught in the closing of the slideQ to grip the new fold.

The construction and timing of the cams and other parts are such, it will be seen, that the cord-holder quickly releases the clamped fold ofthe cord j ust aboutas the knetter has completed its tying revolutiomand then, after the knotter has moved up somewhat, to pull out the end of the cord released by the corddiolder, the latter closes by the action of its spiral spring and clamps the second or outer fold of the cord. Then, during a slight rest of the knetter in one position, the knife comes up and pushes against this second fold, so that when the knotter resumes its ascending movement it will assist the knife in its work.

In order to more easily move the slide Q in opposition to the spring q, and with the quick motion requisite, I use the cam-like device n, acting on the anti-friction roller o, and mount the latter and the rear end of slide Q on apivot, ai, arranged at the upper end of the link c2, (hung by a pivot, c2, to the stand f2) and provide the rear end ofthe slide Q with aroller, gwhich rides on the curved track or way In this way all the twisting strain on the slide when the roller ois struck by cam n is avoided and the parts are made to work smoothly and durably.

As certain matter herein shown and described but not claimed is claimed by me in my patent of April 24, 1883, Ncr. 276,519, iled March 29, 1888, (which is a division of this 

